>> THIS IS BREAKING NEWS.
LACEE:
WE CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE
THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THE
DEVASTATION IN HOWARD COUNTY.
ELLICOTT CITY, TORN TO PIECES BY
SEVERE FLOODING OVERNIGHT.
IT WAS QUITE THE SCENE.
WE JUST GOT BACK FROM A WALK
WITH GOVERNOR HOGAN AND
CONGRESSMAN CUMMINGS, WHO ARE
HERE TOURING THE AREA TO SEE
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE HAVE SOME AREA HERE LAST
NIGHT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
AS THE WATER PUSHED THROUGH.
CARS WERE STARTING TO GO INTO
THE WATER.
I'VE POSTED MANY VIDEOS ON
FACEBOOK SHOWING WHAT THE STREET
LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS HARD TO
DESCRIBE IN WORDS.
LOOKING AT THE PICTURE TELLS THE
STORY.
WE ARE TOLD THAT THERE IS AT
LEAST ONE FATALITY WITH A WOMAN
KILLED IN THE FLOODWATER.
OF IT'S AN ONGOING SCENE THERE.
POLICE ARE
STILL HERE, CREWS ARE
HERE, MANY EMERGENT VEHICLES.
THE CLEANUP CONTINUES.
DOZENS OF CARS I'M TOLD ARE
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
MANY BUSINESSES ARE GUTTED
.
WE SAW A BUILDING WHERE IF YOU
WALKED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT,
YOU COULD WALK FROM THE LEFT TO
THE RIGHT AND SEE COMPLETELY OUT
THE OTHER SIDE.
IT SEEMS THAT MANY OF THESE
BUSINESSES, IT WILL TAKE QUITE
SOME TIME TO GET THEM BACK UP
AND GOING.
WE DID TALK TO GOVERNOR HOGAN
AND HE DID SAY -- THE LIVES OF
THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE
GOING TO BE CHANGED FOREVER.
WE SAW THAT FIRST HAND WITH THE
DESTRUCTION FROM THE FLOODING.
HE TOLD US THAT THE COMMUNITY
WILL NEED HELP FROM THE STATE
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO WE
BUILD THE COMMUNITIES, HOMES AND
STORES.
CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS ALSO
SPOKE ABOUT HOW IT WAS WORSE
THAN HE -- WORSE THAN HE
IMAGINED.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS AN
ONGOING EFFORT, BUT IT IS
DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WILL
TAKE QUITE SOME TIME TO FIX.
I SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHO HAD
SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES
AROUND THE AREA AND THEY SAID
THEY WERE HOPE WILL THAT IT
COULD BE BACK TO NORMAL BY
CHRISTMAS, BUT THAT'S HOW BAD IT
IS HERE IN ELLICOTT CITY ON MAIN
STREET.
PEOPLE HERE WITH BUSINESSES AND
HOMES AFFECTED BY THE
FLOODWATERS, THEY DO HAVE AN
AREA, THE ROGER CARTER CENTER IS
OPEN TO PEOPLE WHO NEED A PLACE
TO STAY.
ALSO, THE NUMBER
FOUR
NONEMERGENCIES IF YOU NEED TO
CALL TODAY,
IF YOU ARE STILL IN
AN EMERGENCY SITUATION YOU
SHOULD BE CALLING 911.
THE CREWS ARE VERY BUSY OUT
HERE.
WE SAW THEM RESTORING DOWNED
POWER LINES AND A GAS LEAK THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
IT IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE
SITUATION.
I'M TOLD THAT SEVERAL INCHES
FELL.
YOU CAN IMAGINE, BUT WE HAVE
BEEN POSTING ALL MORNING.
PLEASE FOLLOW US ON OUR FACEBOOK
AND TWITTER PAGES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT
LIVE PICTURE AND VIDEO FROM
ELLICOTT CITY AND WE WILL BE
BRINGING YOU MORE THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE TOLD THAT THERE WILL BE
MORE STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE
AREA, SO WE WILL BE GOING BACK
IN WITH MARY MARK -- MIRIAM
MARSHALL.
MIRI: YOU CAN SEE THE SUN
SHINING THERE, BUT DON'T LET YOU
GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
FLOODING IS STILL A CONCERN AND
THERE IS STILL A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE AREAS IN HOWARD COUNTY
AND ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOR THE
NEXT FEW MINUTES.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE WATER
IS STILL RECEIVING, BUT THEY ARE
GOING TO TAKE A FEW MORE MOMENTS
FOR THE WATER TO GO DOWN.
OBVIOUSLY WE SAW A LOT OF RAIN
IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
AROUND WESTERN MARYLAND THERE
ARE SOME SHOWERS BEGINNING TO
DEVELOP THAT WILL EVENTUALLY
PUSHED TO THE EAST.
THE STORM SET TODAY WILL BE
SCATTERED IN NATURE.
EVERYONE MAY NOT SEE THEM AT THE
SAME TIME OR GET THE SAME LEVEL
OF INTENSITY.
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SOME OF THE STORMS.
THE BEST TIME TO SEE THE MOVIE
AFTER 3:00 TODAY, ANYTIME
BETWEEN 6 P.M. AND 11 P.M. WILL
BE PRIME TIME TO SEE THOSE
STORMS MAKING THEIR WAY IN.
ON FUTURE TRACK NOW, SHOWING YOU
THIS IN FULL, THE STORMS BREWING
UP AT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON
IN
HAGERSTOWN EVENTUALLY PUSHING
OVER TO THE EAST IN THE COMING
HOURS.
BY 5:30, 6:00, YOU CAN SEE THE
STORMS SPREADING THROUGH THE
AREA.
SOME OF THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS
THAT THE HEAVY RAIN IS FAVORED
TO STAY TO THE SOUTH OF US, BUT
THIS COULD CHANGE.
IT IS A FLUID SITUATION.
WE WILL BE TRACKING THIS FOR YOU
IN BRINGING UPDATES ALL
AFTERNOON.
YOU CAN SEE HEAVY RAIN AROUND
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTHERN TIP
OF MARYLAND.
TALKING ABOUT THE RAIN TOTALS
YESTERDAY, ELLICOTT CITY, THREE
AND A HALF INCHES.
ROUGHLY THREE AND A HALF INCHES
AROUND WESTMINSTER.
1.81 INCHES IN THE HEIGHTS.
MARSHALL, 1.8 INCHES OF
RAIN.
FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, SIX
INCHES.
ELLICOTT CITY RECEIVED WHAT BWI
GOT IN THE WHOLE MONTH.
THEY GOT THAT IN JUST A FEW
HOURS, SO YOU WILL OF COURSE
HAVE THAT OUTSTANDING DAMAGE.
YEAR TO DATE ABOVE WHERE WE
SHOULD BE, 82 DEGREES NOW, A
PERCENT NEW'S IN WESTMINSTER.
DEW POINTS ALSO IN THE 70'S,
MAKING IT FEEL REALLY STICKY OUT
THERE.
86 DEGREES TO 90 DEGREES, HOT
AND HUMID, THE CHANCE FOR RAIN
AND STORMS AS WE JUST SHOWED
YOU.
A 30% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS A COLD FRONT
COMES IN.
PERHAPS A BREAK ON WEDNESDAY,
COMING BACK OR HIS DAY WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80'S.
I WILL BE HERE IN THE WEATHER
CENTER TRACKING THE LATEST FOR
YOU.
TONY WILL BE IN TRACKING ANY
CHANGES.
YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WATCH THE